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New York (later Novhorodske or Novgorodske), was a village in the [[Ignatyevka Mennonite Settlement (Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine)|Ignatyevka Mennonite settlement]], historically in the [[Ekaterinoslav Guberniya (Ukraine)|province of Ekaterinoslav]] and now in the Donetsk Oblast in [[Ukraine|Ukraine]]. The [[Chortitza Mennonite Settlement (Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Chortitza settlement]] bought an estate here in 1888 from Count Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev (1832-1908) for its [[Landless (Landlose)|landless]] members and founded six villages in the following year. Of these villages, New York, with a population (1913) of 926, and Nikolayevka became the centers of the settlement. Each of the two villages had a Zentralschule, a Mennonite Brethren meetinghouse, and a Mennonite meetinghouse. With its subsidiaries [[Borissovo Mennonite Settlement (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine)|Borissovo]] and [[Grigoryevka (Kharkivs’ka oblast’, Ukraine)|Grigoryevka]] and with the [[Asov Forestry Service Camp (Ekaterinoslav, Ukraine)|forestry service unit at Azov]], the New York Mennonite congregation had a membership (in 1905) of 2,275. For the Mennonite Brethren congregation in this settlement see [[Nikolayevka Mennonite Brethren Church (Bachmut Mennonite Settlement, DnipropetrovskOblast, Ukraine)|Nikolayevka Mennonite Brethren Church]].

The name of the village was requested by the wife of Count Ignatyev, Ekaterina Leonidovna Galitzina (1842-1917). In 1951 Soviet authorities changed the name, believing that the name of New York was a sign of capitalism. The town's name was changed back to New York by Ukraine's parliament in 2021.
= Bibliography =
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. ''Mennonitisches Lexikon'', 4 vols. Frankfurt &amp; Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. III, 223.

Huber, Tim. "New York in Ukraine: name change would mark return to Mennonite roots." ''Anabaptist World''. 26 May 2021. Web. 21 January 2022. https://anabaptistworld.org/new-york-in-ukraine-name-change-would-mark-return-to-mennonite-roots/.

Karazy, Sergiy and Margaryta Chornokondratenko. "New York on Ukraine's frontline: parliament backs town's name change." ''Reuters''. 2 July 2021. Web. 21 January 2022. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/new-york-ukraines-frontline-parliament-backs-towns-name-change-2021-07-02/.
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